THTRFLM 1T03 Lecture Notes - Devaluation, Consumerism
12 Apr 2014
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50th anniversary if independence from britain not a dominant economic power, but beginning. Colonialism & globalization: colonialism, dominance of other nations by force, globalization: Influence over other nations through market forces: cultural dominance through consumerism. Harvest as dystopian sci-fi: structured around the idea of a company that harvest bodies from indian donors to extend. Imagines a dark future, to comment on the present the lives of people from the global north: actual trade in human organs in the world today a metaphor for the influence of global capitalism on indian culture. Harvest"s central goal: harvest critiques the globalized world, exploitation of countries with less economic power, creation of desire for consumer goods, devaluation of local cultures, fragmentation of experience, global communication & surveillance, read 1. 2. 49-144. Exploitation of the countries by taking their resources (human bodies in this case) Devaluing local culture through representations of relationships and food.
